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📿World Religions
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278 essential vocabulary terms and definitions to know for your World Religions exam

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1 Corinthians

A

Abhidhamma Pitaka
Abhidharma
Abu Bakr
Adi Shankaracharya
Advaita Vedanta
Advent
Advent wreaths
Agamas
Agnostic atheism
Agnostic theism
Ahura Mazda
Akhand path
Al-ghazali
Alawi Shia
Ali ibn abi talib
Amrit Sanchar
Ancestral Spirits
Angra mainyu
Anointing of the Sick
Anthropology of Religion
Apocalypticism
Apostle Paul
Apostles' Creed
Arab-Israeli Wars
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Ash Wednesday
Atash adaran
Atash Behram
Atash dadgah
Atoning sacrifice
Automatic writing
Avalokiteshvara

B

Babylonian Exile
Baha'i Faith
Bahá'u'lláh
Bahá'í Faith
Bar mitzvah
Bardo thodol
Bat mitzvah
Battle of Badr
Bhagavad Gita
Bobov
Book of Common Prayer
Book of Mormon
Buddha-nature
Buddhism in China
Buddhist views on non-violence

C

Cao Dai
Cargo cults
Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catholic Social Teaching
Chanting
Comparative Mythology
Confucian education
Conservative Judaism
Constantine the Great
Creation myths
Cyclical Time

D

Denominations
Dharma
Dharma Wheel
Dhikr
Dhu al-hijjah
Diamond Sutra
Divine command theory
Divine Liturgy
Divine power
Doctrine
Doctrine of the Mean
Día de los muertos

E

Eastern Philosophy
Eid al-fitr
Emptiness
Energy work